The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-08-17
CONSCIENCE STRICKEN
AFTER TWO YEARS OF HIDING.

AFTER TWO YEARS OF HIDING
Abscondor Scott, who Stole stGO, 900 fron
tho Manhattan Hank Ia 1889, has Tarned
up In Lonlon-A Confession which \
Shows Ito Had m ACCOM- ilee.
NEw YoRK, August l6-Richard Sea
mon Scott, who absconded with $4,000
that belonged to the Manhattan Bank, o
which he was an employe In 1885, aut
about whose disappearance and where
abouts there was such profound mystery
has made o confession before Consu
General Waller, at London. For tim,
there were all manner Of rumors abou
hia location, but the story at laat wa
dropped. People who were directly in
terested In the case were inors active
and have long since known Of bill
movements. A suit has just been inatitu
ted in the Supreme Court which discloseE
not only Scotts action, but the fact thai
he was not alone in this stupendous do
fslcation. This auit Is against John K
Damn, Scott's colleague, Tor the recovery
Of 10000. The documents included in
this case embrace an affidavit by the de.
faalter which Is abatement Of the history
Of the case, but 1t IL in truth q confession
Of his thsit. fIgl. g1 aF.lE Il
1llaToRi OF THE GAZE.
Scott, according to the complaint, was
for twenty years trusted smploye Of the
Manhattan bank to June Let, 1885. In
the latter part OF his service no was tho
paying teller Of the bank, which Is located
at No. 10 Wall street. Most oil the time
he had In his custody daily over mil.
lion dollars. On June !, 1856, he absconded
with 100000 which ho never returned.
The public has never heard from him
since that time until to-day when this suit
was made KNOWN. He ia now in London
where he has been since September, 1885.
1t is now shown that John r. Dunn ID q
bigger rascal than Scott, and was partly
the cause Of the latters forgetting his
duty. a II5r
On Monday Stcrne and Myers, as coun-
sci for the bank, obtained an order i,onl
Judge Donohue for the arrest oil Damn in
their suit against him. At 2 o'clock In
the afternoon Of that day Dam was AZ
rested.
Dunn Tor many years was practicing
lawyer in this city, but Of late hiss besn in
the brokerage business. In the complaint
it is charged that
DUNN GOT TIE MONEY
out Of Scott, that he was the guilty party,
and that aa he controlled and governed
Scott, induced him 10 steal the money.
The principal foundation for the suit
is in afiidavits by relatives of the
embezzter and the principal one
OF thess is by Scott himself. 1t is
voluminous, and was drawn up in the
presence Of and acknowledged by q. S.
Consul General Waller, at London, on
June II. In it Scott states that at various
times prior to June l, 1886, he extracted
ANAL sums OF money from the safe, which
sggregstedabou $4,000. ,l-,5f q
About this time there was q change IN
the administration OF the bank, Dewitt G.
Hays having succeeded William Henry
Smith as PRECEDENT Of the bank. John R.
Dunn, cousin Of Scotia vile, was prae-
ticing law then, and Scott hsstened to
him for adyice. Dunn asked him how
much money was within his reach. Scott
replied that there WAS ovar. q million dol
lara in his charge. Dunn addressing
Scott, said: '::My advice to you is to ::
TAKE ONE MILLION DOLLARS.
It will bs enough to cripple the bank
and will enable you to 60 to Canada. |!
you take email amount people will laugh
at you, but il you take large amount
cay you are enart aud you
will compel the bank to compromise"
Then Dunn asked him II he had altered
the books, saying TINT If he had done 80
he could be held for forgery and extradit-
ed from Canada. Scott, however. said
that he had not done 90. Dunn then ad-
vised Scott to get en- old aui. Of clothing,
shave of his moustache, travel second
class to Canada, disguise himself as much
as possible aud do as little talking as posi-
Bile. ik.JI
Scott made an effort to meet his de.
fciency, but finding it impossible to gst
the money before going to the bank on
Monday he got q disguise. Hssook $780,
600. He went to Central Park to meet
Dunn. They walked to { secluded spot
and Scott pulled out e package containing
$4,000. Scott went down 10 the Grand
Union Hotel, where be wGs stopping,
assumed his disguise and took the even.
ing train for Montreal. He did not stop
in Ca1ada long.
2 He has resided in London, Eng, ever
since. Scott correspondent with Dunn
and Mrs. Jennie A. Ssarles, his slster-in:.
law, from London. In the latter part OF
1886 V j }.!Faz " Z, i.
an ATTEMPTS At A COMPROMISE t},4
with the bank were made by Scott, var
ioua sums bsing mentioned. In Decem-
Der Of that year he asked the bank to give
him q general release Tor $50, 600. It is
said that this offer was accepted by the
bank, He wrote Dunn telling him to get
ready to pay that sum. Dunn replied In
January, 1887, that he had loaf all the
When Dunn WAS arrested he stood ut
the ticker in his office reading the tape:
&c was cool, calm and reserved, and
glanced at the papers presented by the
officers without any chow OF nervousness:
He was taken before Sheriff Grant and
told that he would have to gel bail in the
sum OF 100000. In default of this he
was taken to Ludlow etreas jail. He Will
DO indicted. There is All indictment
ngainat Scott, but no cannot be extradited'
He is ~ years old.
Outbreak OF Texns Fcvsr. ~
OswEoo, N. T., August l6.-A dispatch
states that Texas fever has broken out
among the cattle in this neighborhood.
Ten days ago 6 man brought herd OF
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